Online Games and Activities for Early Elementary Science
Michael Michael Go Recycle! - From Funschool.com
Geared toward Earth Day, this game takes students, as Michael, around a park picking up trash and learning how to recycle. It’s a great game for younger kids to become engaged in learning about recycling and integrating technology. The students easily move Michael with the arrow keys on the keyboard to the places they see trash. As soon as he picks it up the students have to find where the correct recycling bin is and Michael drops it in to be recycled. They do have to be aware of the litterbugs who are walking around littering, and do it all before the clock runs out. I think this is a great resource because it is simple and a fun way to learn about recycling.
Michael Michael Go Recycle
EdHeads Weather Game - From EdHeads.org
During this fun game students become a meteorologist and get a chance to predict or report the weather. It teaches and reviews different concepts of weather such as temperature, precipitation, and cloud cover. Students can do either activity and get a great review about the simple parts of the weather report. I think the predicting activity would be good for second and third grade because it focuses more on how warm and cold fronts affect the weather in different areas as they move. Younger students, kindergarten and first, will enjoy choosing the correct temperature, cloud cover, and precipitation in the weather report game using the Weather-Tron 3030. A great way to integrate games and activities into a weather lesson!
EdHeads Weather Game
NASA Kid's Club
Who knew that NASA had a kid’s website!? I figured they would but it’s actually a great resource! I found lots of games that involve space and even some that integrate math and reading. On the home page you can pick the level of games that you want to play. Younger elementary students would be able to do probably levels 1-3. The games start to involve more task-oriented activities and harder controls in levels 4 and 5. The games are not very informative as far as learning material, but I still think it is a good site to use to help students become more engaged in the study of space.
Nasa Kid's Club
iKnowthat.com
This site has some amazing games on it. The big downfall is that it asks you to register for the website every time you go to a new game. I would not use this with my students unless the school or I was registered for it, but it seems like a great tool. I found it particularly great that you can choose what grade level and then what subject you wish to find activities for. Looking at first grade science was simple to get to and it had so many different activities in different areas of science. Each game/activity has an introduction part with information about the topic the activity is on, then you can switch over the lever to go to the game. I would use this website only if I was registered because of the pop-ups but it is a great tool for elementary students!
iKnowthat.com
Food Chain Game
Engaging Science
This is another great site that I found for science games for younger students. The games are pretty simple and easy to navigate. There is a pretty cool robot that talks you through the games, although reading what he has to say would be difficult for more challenged readers, but I think students could figure it out. There are different games in the areas of Earth and Space, Life, or Physical science. This would be a great tool to use if you are doing a specific lesson on one of those areas and wanted a station for students to work on computers.
Online Games and Activities for Early Elementary Science
Michael Michael Go Recycle! - From Funschool.com
Geared toward Earth Day, this game takes students, as Michael, around a park picking up trash and learning how to recycle. It’s a great game for younger kids to become engaged in learning about recycling and integrating technology. The students easily move Michael with the arrow keys on the keyboard to the places they see trash. As soon as he picks it up the students have to find where the correct recycling bin is and Michael drops it in to be recycled. They do have to be aware of the litterbugs who are walking around littering, and do it all before the clock runs out. I think this is a great resource because it is simple and a fun way to learn about recycling.
EdHeads Weather Game - From EdHeads.org
During this fun game students become a meteorologist and get a chance to predict or report the weather. It teaches and reviews different concepts of weather such as temperature, precipitation, and cloud cover. Students can do either activity and get a great review about the simple parts of the weather report. I think the predicting activity would be good for second and third grade because it focuses more on how warm and cold fronts affect the weather in different areas as they move. Younger students, kindergarten and first, will enjoy choosing the correct temperature, cloud cover, and precipitation in the weather report game using the Weather-Tron 3030. A great way to integrate games and activities into a weather lesson!
NASA Kid's Club
Who knew that NASA had a kid’s website!? I figured they would but it’s actually a great resource! I found lots of games that involve space and even some that integrate math and reading. On the home page you can pick the level of games that you want to play. Younger elementary students would be able to do probably levels 1-3. The games start to involve more task-oriented activities and harder controls in levels 4 and 5. The games are not very informative as far as learning material, but I still think it is a good site to use to help students become more engaged in the study of space.
iKnowthat.com
This site has some amazing games on it. The big downfall is that it asks you to register for the website every time you go to a new game. I would not use this with my students unless the school or I was registered for it, but it seems like a great tool. I found it particularly great that you can choose what grade level and then what subject you wish to find activities for. Looking at first grade science was simple to get to and it had so many different activities in different areas of science. Each game/activity has an introduction part with information about the topic the activity is on, then you can switch over the lever to go to the game. I would use this website only if I was registered because of the pop-ups but it is a great tool for elementary students!
Engaging Science
This is another great site that I found for science games for younger students. The games are pretty simple and easy to navigate. There is a pretty cool robot that talks you through the games, although reading what he has to say would be difficult for more challenged readers, but I think students could figure it out. There are different games in the areas of Earth and Space, Life, or Physical science. This would be a great tool to use if you are doing a specific lesson on one of those areas and wanted a station for students to work on computers.